ANORTHOSI - PAFOS minute 38th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR
REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER OFR: DEFENDING FREE KICK
EXPLANATION: AN ATTACKER PLAYED THE BALL IN FRONT OF AN OPPONENT WITHOUT COMMITTING AN OFFENCE. THE VAR SHOULD HAVE NOT INTERVENED IN THIS SPECIFIC INCIDENT.
APOEL – KARMIOTISSA minute 49th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: MUTUAL HOLDING BETWEEN TWO PLAYERS. THE REFEREE ASSESSED THE INCIDENT CORRECTLY AS WELL AS THE VAR.
ENP – OMONIA 29 minute 28th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK AND RED CARD
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: A DEFENDER COMMITTED A FOUL INSIDE HIS OWN PENALTY AREA. THE FOUL HAS BEEN COMMITTED BY HOLDING AND CHALLENGING FOR THE BALL IN A DOGSO INCIDENT.
ENP – OMONIA 29, minute 90th +7
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION:PLAY ON
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: TWO PLAYERS CHALLENGED FOR THE BALL. A DEFENDER WAS CLOSER TO THE BALL, USING SLIDING TACKLE TO GET POSSESSION OF THE BALL. AT THE SAME TIME THE ATTACKER, CONTINUING HIS RUN, MADE A CONTACT WITH THE OPPONENT’S LEG WHO CLEARLY WANTED TO PLAY THE BALL AND HE IMMEDIATELY RE-GAINED THE POSSESSION OF THE BALL. THE REFEREE LET THE GAME FLOW.
PAFOS –AEL minute 3rd
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: AFTER THE CORNER KICK WAS TAKEN A DEFENDER PULLED THE SHIRT OF HIS OPPONENT. IT WAS SHORT, THE DEFENDER USED MEDIUM INTENSITY AND THE BALL WAS CROSSED HIGH AND FAR FROM THE PLAYERS, LEAVING THE FIELD OF PLAY. IN THE INCIDENTS WHERE INTENSITY IS USED THE VAR SHOULD INTERVENE ONLY IF INTENSITY USED IS HIGH AND BLATANT.
PAFOS - AEL minute 11th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR
REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER OFR: HE KEPT HIS ORIGINAL DECISION
EXPLANATION: A DEFENDER’S ARM WAS FOLLOWING HIS BODY MOVEMENT, HE WAS MOVING HIS ARM TOWARDS THE BODY NOT VICEVERSA AND THE BALL WAS NOT SHOT ON GOAL, SO FOR ALL THE MENTIONED CRITERIA THE OFR WAS UNNECESARY, THE VAR SHOULD HAVE NOT INTEREVENED.
OMONIA ARADIPPOU – ENP minute 71st
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR
REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER OFR: DIRECT FREE KICK AND RED CARD FOR DOGSO
EXPLANATION: GOOD AND ACCURATE VAR INTERVENTION. IN A DOGSO INCIDENT A GOALKEEPER COMMITTED A FOUL OUTSIDE THE PENALTY AREA. AFTER OFR CORRECT DECISION WAS AWARDED.
OMONIA ARADIPPOU – ENP minute 90th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: GOAL ALLOWED
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR FOR POSSIBLE FOUL IN APP
REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER OFR: DEFENDING FREE KICK
EXPLANATION: VERY GOOD ASSESSMENT BY THE VAR. PRIOR TO GOAL SCORED, IN THE ATTACKING POSSESSION PHASE, AN ATTACKING PLAYER COMMITTED A RECKLESS FOUL. THE VAR CORRECTLY INTERVENED AND AFTER THE OFR THE GOAL WAS CORRECTLY DISALLOWED AND THE YELLOW CARD WAS CORRECTLY SHOWN FOR RECKLESS FOUL.
APOLLON – ARIS minute 80th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: A DEFENDER CHALLENGING AN OPPONENT IN A CORRECT MANNER, MADE A CONTACT WITH THE BALL AS WELL AS WITH AN OPPONENT. THE REFEREE ASSESSED THE CHALLENGE AS A NORMAL FOOTBALL CONTACT. THE VAR SHOULD INTERVENE ONLY IN CASE OF “CLEAR AND OBVIOUS MISTAKE“, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE IN THIS INCIDENT.
APOLLON – ARIS minute 89th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION:A DEFENDER MADE AN ACCIDENTAL CONTACT WITH HIS OPPONENT. THE REFEREE ASSESSED THE CHALLENGE AS A NORMAL FOOTBALL CONTACT, USING THE SAME FOUL DETECTION CRITERIA TROUGHOUT THE MATCH. THE VAR SHOULD INTERVENE ONLY IF A “CLEAR AND OBVIUS MISTAKE“ OCCURRS, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE IN THIS INCIDENT.
OMONIA 29 – KARMIOTISSA minute 76th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR
REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER OFR: PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION:A DEFENDER MAKING A CLEAR ARM MOVEMENT PLAYED THE BALL WITH HIS ARM INSIDE THE PENALTY AREA. THE VAR CORRECTLY INTERVENED.
ETHNIKOS – AEK minute 78th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: A DEFENDER MADE A CONTACT WITH HIS OPPONENT INSIDE THE PENALTY AREA. THE REFEREE ASSESSED IT AS CARELESS FOUL AND AWARDED A PENALTY KICK.
NEA SALAMINA – APOEL minute 80th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: A DEFENDER, IN HIS OWN PENALTY AREA, FELL ON THE GROUND AND WITH HIS BODY MADE A CLEAR CONTACT, TRIPPING HIS OPPONENT WHO WAS IN FRONT OF HIM. THE REFEREE CORRECTLY AWARDED THE PENALTY KICK.
NEA SALAMINA – APOEL minute 84th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: AFTER A CROSS IN THE PENALTY AREA A DEFENDER MADE A SHORT CONTACT WITH HIS OPPONENT. SINCE THE ATTACKER WAS IN AN OFFSIDE POSITION THE POSSIBLE OFFENCE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN PUNISHED.
